摘要
Advanced materials and catalysis have attracted increasing attention in recent years,particularly due to the rapid development and great progress in energy and environmental areas.It is well acknowledged that the key to mitigating energy crisis,ameliorating global environment and improving the life quality of people is to explore green and renewable energy resources,in which catalysis plays a significant role.Over the past years,besides the conventional thermocatalysis,both electrocatalysis and photocatalysis have been developing rapidly.And numerous advanced materials have been designed and applied in the catalysis fields for energy storage and conversion,such as hydrogen production,fuel batteries and secondary batteries,oil refining,pollutant degradation,ammonia synthesis,greenhouse gases conversion,and so on.The emergence of new advanced materials provides new insights and opportunities for the development of catalysis.Hence,Frontiers of Chemical Science and Engineering,one of the transactions of Chinese Academy of Engineering,organized this special issue aiming to showcase some of the prominent achievements and progress made in the relevant research fields.This special issue is also dedicated to Professor Hexuan Li(Fig.1)on the occasion of his 95th birthday,recognizing his distinguished contributions to many aspects in the field of advanced materials and catalysis.
